Court Rules that Lifelock’s Services are Illegal
On May 24th 2009, Lifelock’s services were ruled to be illegal by a federal court. The judge stated that Lifelock has been breaking California law for years by placing fraud alerts on its customer’s credit profiles.
Lifelock’s CEO Todd Davis appeared on The Today Show back in May of 2008 stating that the claims that his identity has been repeatedly stolen were false. Todd Davis advertises his own social security number, 457-55-5462, as evidence of his firm’s prowess at protecting against identity theft – but reports have been emerging that his identity has, in fact been stolen. Matt Lauer even produced a list of some 87 people who had applied for driver’s licenses using Davis’ identity.
Considering that former co-founder Robert J. Maynard was something of a thief himself, is any of this really surprising?
[Wired Article] [Phoenix New Times] [Wired Article on Robert Maynard] [Wikipedia]